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Participants rowdylynx38Scott Allen10Jose Miller3bluesailor14
rowdylynx38 rowdylynx38 Active MemberOP
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#1 ·
Google isn't giving me much to work with here.

What exactly constitutes liver pathogenicity? I’m trying to translate the concept into Italian and I'm hitting a wall finding the right technical term... if anyone out there has the expertise 🙂 to point me in the right direction...

Thanks 😍
Scott Allen10 Scott Allen10 Regular
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#2 ·
I mean, I’m not 100% certain here, but let me give it a shot...

So, echogenicity is basically just ultrasound terminology. When they run an ultrasound, the probe sends out these high-frequency sound waves that bounce off whatever tissue or organ they're looking at—kind of like how a rubber ball bounces off a wall. If those waves bounce back really strongly, doctors call it hyperechoic, and if they don't bounce back much, it's hypoechoic.
Basically, echogenicity is just a way of describing how much sound those waves reflect from something like your liver. Depending on how much stuff reflects back, a doctor can look at that pattern and figure out if they're seeing healthy tissue, a simple cyst, a solid tumor, or even something like cirrhosis.
rowdylynx38 rowdylynx38 Active MemberOP
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#3 ·
Getting there, thanks 😬

Take a look at this full sentence now (this is for a liver ultrasound): The liver shows normal size, shape, structure, and echogenicity.
Scott Allen10 Scott Allen10 Regular
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#4 ·
The ultrasound shows my liver is looking totally healthy
Jose Miller3 Jose Miller3 Regular
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#5 ·
echogenic is what you'd say in English 😉
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rowdylynx38 rowdylynx38 Active MemberOP
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#6 ·
thanks 🙂
bluesailor14 bluesailor14 Newcomer
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#7 ·
Can anyone help me out here?
"Liver shows no significant changes, except for an oval hyperechoic area in the medial segment measuring 17mm, featuring a central isoechoic region that matches the surrounding parenchyma"

What exactly does an "oval hyperechoic area with an isoechoic center" actually mean?

Thanks in advance for any insight

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